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, 'WILFRED FOUBJTESS, .OF ILSADENA, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOIB, 9F CITE-HALF T0 i GARDNER T. VOORHEES, 0F NEW YOBKN. Y.

{DISTILLlNG APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 10. 1919.

Application le. october 28, 1914. Serial No. 869,102.

To all whom t 'may concern.'

. Be it known that LWILFBED FoURNEss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pasa (lena, in the county of Los Angeles en dState of California, have invented a certain new and useful Distilling Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

IMy vinvention relates to improvements in distillin apparatus in which part of the heat in waste ot Water is made available through a reduction in its pressure as a step in distilling a part of said water. My invention relates particularly for the use of such distilled water for being frozen into ice in an ice making plant. I attain these objects by the apparatus illustrated in the accompany-- ingdrawing Whichlis a diag'rammatieL part is a sure steam condenser having cooling coils, 6, 'l' G is a refrigerant condenser having cool- 'ng coil 29, 30; F is a higher pressure-steam condenser having cooling coil 32, 33; Ccis an air pump; c, is a jet apparatus; D and E are the Iair H is a water pump as is also .l 18, 21, are valves adapted to be automatically governed by variations of liquid levels.

A simple form of operation of my apparatus is as follows: Cooling Water flows through pipe 28, 29, and cooling coil 29, 30, of refrigerant condenser G thereby condensing a refrigerant vapor owing into it through pipe 26, pipe 27 conducting the condensate therefrom.

The warmed cooling water flows from' condenser G by pipe 30, 6 and pipe 30, 32, to the cooling coils of condensers B and F. Part of this water may he wasted through valve 66 and pipe 31. Steam eupipe 35 and is condensed therein and the cohdensate flows therefrom through pipe 36. The cooling' water flowing through coil 32, 33 is heated by the condensing steam and ows through pipe 33, 1, 2, past -regulating valve 3 to separator A Part of this Ywater may be Wasted through pipe 34; and valve 67. Separator A has a low pressure maintained therein so that hot water passing the regulating valve 3. will have its pressure reduced below that of its boiling'point at its temperature loefore valve 3. I usually maintain a partial vacuum in se arator A and therefore in condenser B. he hot water passing regulating valve 3 thus splits up into some steam and some water and this mit@ ture issues from pipe il into separator A The unevaporated water bein drawn olli' in any desired manner, throug pipe 12, 13 and the low. pressure steam passing baiHes su, y and iowing through pipe 4, 5 into low pressure steameondenser B, wherein it is condensed by the cooling action of coil 6, 7. The distilled water from condenser B being taken therefrom throughpipev 14, 15 in any desired manner and airor non-condensable gases being taken from condenser B hy pipe 3, 9 in any desired manner.

It 'is evident that condenser B and separator A could be combined in one piece of apparatus if desired. Regulating valve 3 may be replaced by automatic regulating valve 18 or automatic regulating valve 21. Auto matic regulating valve 13 has lever arm 20 and float 19 so that a fluctuation of the Water level in the lower part of separator A will regulate valve 18. Automatic regulating valve 21 has a lever arm with Weight fw and a cord attached to the lever arm running over pulley a to fioat 22 so that a iiuctuation of the water level in tank D will. regulate valve 21. The unevaporated water from Aseparator A or the distilled water from condenser B may be taken therefrom by harometric columns 12, 13, 16 and '14, 15, 17 with valves 38, 388L open or hy pumps H and d with valves 38, 33"L shut, in which case pump H takes water through pipe G4 and discharges it through pipe L19 and pump G takes in water through pipe 64a and dir charges it through pipe 49a. from tanks D and E may be drawn off through pipes 61, 62 and' 61, 62l past valves 23, 23a. Air or non-condensable gases are taken' from condenser 'B through pipe 8, 9, 58,- 59 into jet apparatus c, which is actuy ated by the force of the water from cooling coil 6, 7 owing out through pipe 51 so as to entrain 4this air or these gases. J et apparatus a, may be assisted by or replaced by air pump C so that all or part of the air and gases will o to the pump through pipe 9 The water and be disc arged from it through pipe 10. i

I also produce distilled water without the conjunction of a refrigerating system by my apparatus, in which case, refrigerant. condenser G may be considered as out of operation, in which casethe cooling Water will flow directly to condensers B and F through 110 throng/gh pipe ing nei] 25h, 30 m'' @mummia cemieiieei' supplied with 2U pounds p nii'nute ef TOO Cooling' Weiber? 'Wiiiiizii heats up te 88 in gese- .iing tiiel'eth'migii and theft pounds e?, ibis 88 Wim-3i' passes tiu'oiigh coil .5, mi cen-y G is dense-1' and is hei'eby heiiieii 'io 38 and mt in geminis of this 88" Wi'ite' h'eugh conifiense' eenling eeil emi-:i comes; oui; thei'f mm 208 imei nuii, diie 208 Weten .peg Sing legumi/mg vulve 3, OWS inizia eY et 24 ches inte Steam i Sb it'. remains as weisel' pms-Sure swam te condenser .in which een:

defnsef'l berein amd drawn e into mink E' fiom which it is medito mlgmen' rth penn@ pez' miinute'e distilled Waiter fsf, pipe 36 i'gilei'eby :Leiding 50% the distilled Waicer aia/:nimble xiem condenser F. lit is evidem *dm-Iii een diedi eizhe' iiqs than Water' 'vv'ih this alzigems, by Weste hema in such iquids Hedel' this. nveiatiem and desiife heu my claims shell be se intel pi'eeii. n

What e'ssim is:

l. The eesfnibii'ie'ienfef zi high pressure' steam eeiieueer, 'ai low pressm'e steam con ense?? aseiiara'm', e emfiii'at Le conduct bei', condensing' 'miie/1" from the( high pressure steam cendensei' 'te the semi'aie, means 'in Seid @enduit m ii'eg'ulete'tiie quantity ei? het viomeneifigg," Weiler messing iicirethreiigh, :i

New assume that tii'e-eeoi- A regiiiete 'the quantity of het ie i'emeve 'Lmevapei'areei 'Water from the Sepzweier, means te remove eemiensed Steam from the 10W @essere steam eendense' :mei means to remove newcondeusaefbe gases from lie "iew p'i'es me einem. eoneiiser.

The cembimiibien of a high pi'essu'e steam Condenser, e eiv pressure steam vcon-- @enf-ier., :i i' geijan, condenser, e sepamim'7 :i conduit te conduct wndenSn-g wete? 'from the refrigerant cemense' to the steam eeniiiensei'e? :i conduit ee conduct het een! fieiiaingg qi'em he high pressure steam {ramde-esel' te the separater, ineens; im seii eenuii; 'to l'egjniaize the quam/ity bei; emr@ (lensing p' ing thei'eniirough, :L con duit to conduct .,eii,m imm the eeji'ifizat' te ehe low pressure steam cemieneei', .means te remove unev'zipm'etei Waiter rem tile sepel'uoiz' and means io remeve eencienee steam ''em tile 10W steam eendenser.

The eemilmten of e high pressure ,steam tiende-riem' :si 10W pi'eseiu'e steam een Gemey, e K met condense?, e separate?, ai C eifiui; te Conduct eendeiising W' e' from the re'iigeirami; eendeneei' ine 'the steam'een densei's, e confiait te conduct het condensing water i''em tile high pressure steam een denserto the separatem', auto-matie means in sniai conduit *ce regulate the quimity of het .confieneig Waite? ceniuitte conduct steam from the separa-ter te the 10W pressure steam efmc'ienser, means Je i'emeve imevepomnei Waer from 'Mie sepmeigor sind ineens te remove condensed steam from the im?! pressure Steam cendenseif. i

6. The combination of' a high pressure steen] ceineieei'.) e inw pi'eesuwe steam con cieiifvei", :i refrigafnn, condensing a Sepm'aim'2 n, Veeificiuit ini: Conduct .emieiising Waiter from fiensers., n, conduit te eoi'uue, hei; condensing' Water frein the i'iig-i p stezmi com ifieme' *die separa-5er', meansn sa een i uit i5@ regulate jzhe q'i'leri'z-jgf imi, condensing' weiger 'passing therethreugig a: conduit condite@ steam from the separater te lie 10W 'pressure steriel eeeieneer, `mez-ms Le remeve u-ne'vepm'eze fiom i mesme ite rename cemiensefl steem passing therethrough; e

meme@ e mv peesme e'team cfmeser eend mesme to Femme nen-cfmdenenbe tggeses from. ehe low essere steam sem-ense?, T. The eembimztion high pressure seem conense", e.' ew preesure steam con denser, e efrgereueendenselr?eseperamr9 fe conduit te' Cendant wniensalg water imm 'the refrige'en; condenser to the high plee sure Steam condensa', ya eondutto conduct het eonensng water yfm the high pressure eteem. condenser to the Separator. means in seid, efmuit to eguate 'be quantity of bei conensing Water' passing therethrough, e condu te Candace steam from the sepax'eer 1i te the EGW pafeseu'e steam conenser, means to remove uneveporated Wager from the sep- Lu'aely menne to femme condensed from the ew fessure eeem condenser :m means 'to 'remove' non-eondensebe gases L?) fyem'ehe imv v1-essaye steam condenser.

8. The combneeen of e high px'essure steam eendensenl' a low pressure steam efmmeer9 Sepwamg e efmi n', be Conduct het eeedenemg weten from ehe high pressure eeam Comense? se the sae-parete?? automatic ineens n Set. cmdu t@ xegulate the. quantty of het eondensing water passing there through, e .conduit eo conduct, steam tem the separator te the low pl'essue steam cendenser, means izo remove unevaporeted water from the sepemtox? eutemaue means to remove condensed sesam from the 10W p'essure stem condenser und means of: the eject-,or 

